IMPROVEMENTS AT AERODROME

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21986, 9 January 1937, Page 18

IMPROVEMENTS AT AERODROME

accommodation An hangabs BIG ALLOWANCE FOR Work on the new n Uar *- sipgle men, which will the staff of 60, is now neaS?S at Wigram aerodrome. This of a comprehensive schemf 1 ! modernising the air force and * . it more efficient. ®S*SjH Improvements made during*” if 12 months include the construe**! new hangars and accommodawl the staff. Two of the old wooden w I have been demolished to maSNi for new workshops, which wiliK ?! ished in two or three months aT« sewerage system is being put in ti! taneously. It is not expected that the eMail ciuarters will be removed for Ti , time, and no change has been Ssl in them. It is possible that tending refresher courses will iT-! commodated there. ‘ During the year the equipnwj W igram was increased by the aSJI of four Avro 626 training Preparation is now being meaTal the first of the refresher -coffij which» will be for members of tkSi 1 (Auckland) Army Co-opteSi Squadron, beginning on Februan® Other courses, each lasting a fortafc® will be held until the end of IijJJH The Defence Department than £63,000 on Wigram and HoSi ville aerodromes last year, aaTui the present financial year it eraSl to spend £62,000. The sum of £*2 l has been set aside for improvaSl at Wigram, and a further amountSi be available for constructing g.l buildings.